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The Charter School North Dulwich

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,393Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136298URN

Red Post Hill, London, SE24 9JH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.7per place
3.6 above Southwark median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark

1,195 applications for 178 places · 2nd of 18 in Southwark
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
62.5of 90
1st of 20 in Southwark
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 21 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExceptional
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExceptional
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 2 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
  2. 7 June 2022
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
6.7applications per place, Year 7
3.6 above Southwark median (3.1) 4.5 above England median (2.2)

1,195 applications · 178 places offered · 363 named it first

  1. 2026 6.7; Southwark median median 3.1
  2. 2025 6.6; Southwark median median 3.1
  3. 2024 6.7; Southwark median median 3.1
  4. 2023 6.6; Southwark median median 3.2
  5. 2022 6.7; Southwark median median 3.1
  6. 2021 7.0; Southwark median median 3.1
  7. 2020 7.0; Southwark median median 3.2
  8. 2019 6.9; Southwark median median 3.3
  9. 2018 6.8; Southwark median median 3.4
  10. 2017 6.3; Southwark median median 3.1
  11. 2016 7.9; Southwark median median 2.8
  12. 2015 7.1; Southwark median median 2.8
  13. 2014 6.6; Southwark median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Southwark median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Southwark median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261781,1956.73632.04
Sep 20251721,1316.63171.84
Sep 20241721,1576.73341.94
Sep 20231771,1606.63191.80
Sep 20221801,1986.73011.67
Sep 20211791,2617.03481.94
Sep 20201831,2797.02801.53
Sep 20191791,2316.92831.58
Sep 20181791,2236.83181.78
Sep 20171761,1156.33201.82
Sep 20161691,3427.94022.38
Sep 20151691,2057.13682.18
Sep 20141771,1766.63441.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

179 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)62.51st of 20 in Southwark
Grade 5 or above in English and maths72%2nd of 20 in Southwark
Grade 4 or above in English and maths87%
  • This school
  • Southwark median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.80
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17962.572%87%–
2024/2518765.079%86%–
2023/2417962.973%84%+0.80
2022/2317962.378%86%+0.83

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136298 · 210/4318
Trust
The Charter Schools Educational Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,130 pupils · 1,393 on roll
Free school meals
20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
The Charter School (URN 131812); Dulwich High School for Boys (URN 100845)
Address
Red Post Hill, London, SE24 9JH
Local authority
Southwark

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources